"Knock, knock, knock..." There was a knock on the door, followed by the voice of a middle-aged woman, "Comrade Lu, hurry up and get up. Huai Huai is crying and has been looking for you. Come and comfort her."
Lu Nong struggled to open her eyes and was dazed for a moment. The nanny's urging voice and the baby's crying voice spiraled into her ears.
My head is buzzing.
Lu Nong looked around the house with a dull look in his eyes. Waxed wooden floors, old-fashioned furniture, European-style solid wood dressing tables... Even in modern times, these home decorations are not outdated at all, and can even be described as retro and elegant.
No matter how good the taste is, it still cannot change the fact that it is the 1960s.
That’s right, Lu Nong traveled into the book and became the Lu Nong with the same name, surname and age in the book for three days.
Three days ago, she was a rich, pretty, and wealthy lady with lots of men, but when she woke up, she became a married woman with a child.
Not only married, but also remarried.
The object of the second marriage is the male protagonist of a period novel...his father.
It was just like that, Lu Nong transmigrated into the male protagonist's stepmother.
At the age of 22, she had already gone through the life experiences of getting married for the first time, having a child, becoming a widow after her husband died, and getting married for the second time and having a step-child.
Even worse is that the stepmother in the book was frail and sickly. She became depressed after her second marriage and died within a few years.
The ineffective book-traveling is talking about her.
I was in a daze during these three days. What I looked forward to most when I woke up every morning was to return to my big villa as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, reality is cruel, and it seems that she really can't go back.
Lu·喪喪·Nong sighed. Since he couldn't go back, he should just live well.
The most important thing right now is to change the fate of early death, strive to live to ninety-nine, live until 2040, and become a world-class, most fashionable old lady!
With such great ambitions in mind, Lu Nong felt that she could still sleep for another ten minutes...Come on, the eldest lady never gets up early.
She took a deep breath, got out of bed, opened the door, took the child from the nanny, turned around, patted the child on the back, and softly sang an English lullaby that she often listened to as a child.
Halfway through the song, the crying stopped and Lu Nong just happened to walk to the bed. The whole process took one and a half minutes.
After putting the child to bed, Lu Nongtu discussed with Xiao Gu Huai: "Baby, sleep with mom for a while."
After saying this, without waiting for little Gu Huai to respond, she just lay down, hugged the soft and tender little baby, closed her eyes and fell asleep in a second.
The babysitter who was still outside the door: “…”
"Comrade Lu, breakfast is ready, hurry up and eat. Even if you are not hungry, the children will be hungry. We are a military family, and we don't have the habit of sleeping in. It's the same for you as a married daughter-in-law, so don't let others laugh at you. You'd better cook and clean the house with me tomorrow..."
The nanny loudly reminded Lu Nong in the room and told him to do something without any politeness. People who didn't know would think that she was the owner and Lu Nong was the nanny.
It can be seen that he did not take Lu Nong seriously at all.
Lu Nong had been married into the Pei family for two and a half days. In just two and a half days, Sister Sun, relying on the fact that she had worked in this family for more than ten years, set rules for Lu Nong everywhere and suppressed her with words.
There was a faint sense of superiority and self-confidence in him that looked down on Lu Nong.
Two days ago, Lu Nong felt lucky to have traveled back to the modern era and ignored her. But this made Sister Sun feel that Lu Nong was easy to bully and was taking advantage of her. Today, she turned the tables and even asked Lu Nong to do work for her.
Lu Nong was never one to suffer injustice. He picked up a book from the bedside table and threw it directly at the door with a "bang".
The world is finally quiet.
Little Gu Huai on the bed was attracted by the sound, and sat up with his big dark eyes, "Mom, let's play~"
He thought Lu Nong was playing a joke on him.
Now Lu Nong's last bit of sleepiness was gone. He took the small toy beside the bed and let little Gu Huai entertain himself.
Then she took off her pajamas and changed into a French knee-length white dress. She tied her hair up lazily and didn't even glance at the unhappy-looking Sun Jie. She walked straight out of the bedroom and into the bathroom on the second floor.
The bathroom is also in the retro style of the Republic of China. Lu Nong guessed that this small red building should be a product before the liberation and was allocated to the Pei family after the liberation.
The woman in the mirror has eyes as clear as water, a pulse that speaks volumes, and fair skin and bones. Even her pale face cannot conceal her stunning beauty.
When she looks at you, the wind, flowers, snow and moon come slowly to you - the wind is gentle, the flowers are beautiful, the snow is pure white and the moon is cold.
His face looked exactly like Lu Nong's, but his temperament had changed drastically because there was more moisture in his eyes.
Sometimes having too much beauty is not necessarily a good thing, and this holds true in any era.
The original owner came from an ordinary family. At the age of sixteen, she was admitted to a military hospital as a nurse. It was unknown when she caught the eye of a leader, who repeatedly asked the hospital director to act as a matchmaker for her.
But the chief was 20 or 30 years older than the original owner and already had a wife at home. Under the banner of feudal arranged marriage, he divorced his wife but stayed at home, leaving her to support his parents in the countryside while he wanted to find a young new wife in the city.
She also lied to the original body, saying that marrying the leader was a mission given to her by the organization because of its trust in her.
The original owner was young but not stupid, so she naturally refused.
But the social situation at that time was not something that could be decided by one's own will. In addition, the leader had power, and the original owner's second uncle who worked in the logistics department of the hospital also came to persuade the original owner to agree.
The implication of the conversation is that whether Second Uncle can keep his job depends on the decision of the original owner.
Just when the original owner was at her wit's end, her first husband showed up.
The first husband was named Gu Weiguo. He was injured on the battlefield and went to the military hospital for treatment. He happened to be assigned to the original owner's care. After spending time together day and night, Gu Weiguo fell in love with the original owner.
When the chief got entangled with her again, Gu Weiguo stepped forward as a hero to save the beauty and expressed his love to the original owner.
Although Gu Weiguo is a dozen years older than the original owner, he is at least a first-time bride and a decent person. Most importantly, he can protect the original owner.
The two got married soon, and soon after the marriage, the original owner became pregnant and gave birth to a son, Gu Huai.
Two years later, that is, three months ago, Gu Weiguo's old illness relapsed while fighting on the front line. He died before he could be rescued. What he was most concerned about before his death were his newlywed wife and infant child. He asked his good brother Pei Jinan to take care of his wife and child.
People of this era are very pragmatic. Gu Weiguo stated in his will that if Lu Nong is willing and Pei Jianan doesn't fancy anyone else, it would be best for the two of them to live together.
I have to say that Gu Weiguo had good intentions for the original owner.
He was afraid that if he died, the world would be ruined and Lu Nong would be bullied. Among all the people he interacted with, only Pei Jinan had the ability to protect Lu Nong for the rest of his life.
Unlike Gu Weiguo, who came from a grassroots background and relied on his own experience in fighting on the battlefield to achieve all his military achievements and had a shallow foundation, the Pei family had considerable influence in Beijing, and Pei Jinan was also very capable. At the age of only 35, he served as a chief of staff at a division or brigade level. Regardless of his family background or personal qualities, no one dared to bully Pei Jinan's family.
Things turned out just as Gu Weiguo expected. As soon as the news of his death spread, the leader who had coveted the original owner made a comeback. The original owner's brother and sister-in-law wanted to introduce her to the factory director who had lost his wife. Gu Weiguo's stepmother ran to the original owner and asked for a pension...
The original owner could not bear not to marry Pei Ji'an, and these annoying relatives could force her to death.
Perhaps fate was too cruel to the original owner. The day before she married into the Pei family, she disappeared. The one who woke up again was Lu Nong from modern times.
After washing up, Lu Nong returned to the bedroom. Sister Sun was gone. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Gu Huai was left alone sitting on the edge of the bed, almost falling off.
Lu Nong was shocked. This was her third day as a mother, and she hadn't changed psychologically yet. Her behavior was still a little casual. But since she was Gu Huai's mother, she should take responsibility and couldn't be so careless anymore. So she secretly warned herself to be more careful in the future.
When little Gu Huai saw his mother coming, he reached out for a hug: "Mom, hug me!"
Gu Huai looks like his mother, and is more delicate and lovely than a girl. Anyone who sees him can't help but like him, and Lu Nong is no exception.
She smiled, picked up Gu Huai and went downstairs to have breakfast.
As soon as he walked down the stairs, he saw a young man sitting at the dining table eating breakfast. Next to him was Sister Sun, who was being attentive to the young man. She looked amiable and kind. If Lu Nong had not seen her rolling her eyes and looking condescending, he would have thought they were two different people.
As for the young man who was eating, Lu Nong suddenly realized that he was Pei Zheng, the hero in the book, and also his adopted son.
Out of curiosity about the male protagonist, she took a secret look at him and saw that the sixteen-year-old boy had clear eyes and a heroic demeanor. Coming from a military family, his figure was as straight as a pine tree. He was obviously a promising young man with a bright future.
Pei Zheng was extremely sensitive. He noticed the gaze and pierced Lu Nong with sharp eyes. When he saw who it was, he was stunned for a moment.
A stunningly beautiful girl in a white dress was holding a child who looked very much like her in her arms. The two, big and small, were looking at him with curiosity.
Who else in this family can hold the child? Pei Zheng wanted to grit his teeth as his reason returned.
He just came back this morning from his grandparents' house after spending the summer vacation. He only knew that his biological father had married a stepmother, but he didn't expect the stepmother to be so young. She looked about the same age as him.
Especially when put together with the child in her arms, they don't look like mother and son, but more like sister and brother.
Pei Zheng felt awkward and turned his head away from her.
Lu Nong walked calmly to the dining table, put Gu Huai on the chair next to him, pulled out another chair and sat down.
The relationship between a stepmother and stepson has always been a big problem. If you are too enthusiastic, people will think you have ulterior motives; if you are too cold, people will say you can't tolerate the stepson. The relationship between Lu Nong and Pei Zheng is even more awkward. After all, it is rare to see a stepmother in her early twenties and a sixteen-year-old stepson.
But Miss Lu said: As long as she is not embarrassed, no one can embarrass her.
Sister Sun on the side secretly rolled her eyes, stood beside Pei Zheng with her head held high, and simply ignored Lu Nong who was pretending that she didn't exist. As for breakfast, Sister Sun didn't feel guilty at all. Who asked her to only make the portion for one person? It was now being eaten by Pei Zheng.
This behavior was meant to show that Lu Nong couldn't lose her temper in front of her stepson when she first came into the Lu family. Otherwise, not only would her stepson think that his mother was taking the opportunity to make trouble for him by making things difficult for the close nanny on his first day back home, but her step-husband and outsiders would also think that she was narrow-minded.
Unfortunately, Lu Nong Ya didn't respond at all. He just stared at Sister Sun with a righteous look, as if asking: Where is my breakfast?
Time passed second by second, the air was unusually quiet, even Pei Zheng looked at Lu Nong strangely, then looked at Sister Sun who was being stared at by Lu Nong.
Sister Sun: ...
Just as Sister Sun was about to say something, Pei Zheng felt something moving beneath him. He lowered his head and saw a little man pulling at his pants, staring at the egg custard in his hand, and saying in a baby voice, "Pot, I'm hungry."